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November 7, 2006
more drunk news from my hometown
More bad press from my hometown, or nearso in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Basically young college kids get so drunk from binge drinking bad pilsner beer that they wander down to the banks of the Mississippi (yes, it's up there in Wisconsin too) River, fall in and drown. The locals are in such denial they'd rather believe it is a serial killer rather than a culturalized problem with alcohol consumption. It's kind of sad when news from your smallish town makes it into the Post because your kids are drunks.
I can't believe I'm saying this of all people, but it's time for some drinking abatement programs to start up there. Or at least awareness programs that drinking isn't the only thing you have to do on a Saturday night. There are options. Or that you don't have to drink more than a 6-pack to have fun. I think the concept of a single martini would be helpful. Nice buzz, but won't make you literally drown in your sorrows.
Posted by jimbo at November 7, 2006 12:41 PM
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There are a lot of my old classmates from Wisconsin on myspace.com and all of their memories revolve around when they got drunk at the bar or still were out drunk at 4 in the morning etc. The comments they receive evolve around "Remember that time at the bar when we got really really drunk?" Call me old fashioned but I find there is much more to do in Wisconsin than just drink away every weekend.
Posted by: Sarah Jean at November 7, 2006 2:48 PM
I think you do need to drink more than a 6-pack to have fun if you're a fundamentally boring person. And some people seem to be exactly that. What else IS there to do on a Saturday for the incurious and uninterested?
If your primary source of pleasure is going to be the end of you, Have fun down by the river.
Posted by: kameron at November 7, 2006 5:07 PM
Youre just now getting that news? You should call home more often.
Posted by: gunmetal at November 7, 2006 11:32 PM